Pool-table pocket iron



Nov. 30 1926.

1,608,750 ca. A. JAEGER POOL TABLE POCKET IRON Filed June 21. 1926 INVENTOR.

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Patented Nov. 30, 1926.

UNITED STATES 1,608,?5t PATENT, OFFICE.

GUSTAV A. JAEGER, OF MORRISON, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNGR 'I'O PERFECT POCKET IRONS COMPANY, OFMORRISON, ILLINQIS.

POQL-TABLE POCKET IRON.

Application filed June 21, 1926. Serial No. 117,259.

My invention has reference to pocket irons for pool tables and seeks to improve over a similar device for which an application for Letters Patent of the United States was filed by myself on the thirty-first day of December, 1925, Serial No. 78,555. One of the purposes of the invention is to do away with the use of screws or similar fastening means for attaching the leather to the iron, and thus simplify the device, as well as the operation of fixing the leather in place or removing the same. In the use of a table the leather which forms a shield for the upper part of the pocket receives the force of the blows of balls entering the pocket, and in time said leather is worn through and useless. This can be easily corrected by the removal of the old leather and installation of a new one, and it is desirable that this may be accomplished as conveniently as possible. In the present invention the leather can be removed and re placed in a very brief space of time.

Another feature of the invention consists in the reduction of the amount of material which is used in forming the iron, with a corresponding reduction in the cost of production thereof. The metal part of the iron is usually formed of aluminum, the cost of which is relatively greater than other metals formerly used for this purpose, and through such reduction in the amount of material used a considerable saving is effected in the set of irons for a table.

Other features and advantages of the invention will be more fully apprehended from the following specificationftaken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which;

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a pocket iron embodying the invention, with the leather detached.

Fig. 2 is a cross-section through the invention, on the broken lines 22 of Fig. 1.

The reference number 1 indicates a pocket iron of arcuate form adapted for attachment to the adjacent ends of the rails of a pool table at one of the corners thereof, by means of a pair of pins 2 at the ends of the iron. for insertion in openings in the ends of the rails. One of such rails is indicated at 3 in Fig. 2. Extending from end to end of the iron 1 is a recess 4, from which a relatively narrow channel 5 is projected through the face of the iron, and extending the leather.

inwardly from said channel is a plurality of notches 6, preferably three in number, the purpose of which will be hereinafter explained.

Supported on the iron 1 is a leather 7, provided at its outer edge with a flange 8, for insertion in the recess 4. Fixed to the edge of said flange are small spring clips 9, corresponding in number and position with the notches 6, but of greater width than said notches, so that they cannot be released theretl'irough. The ends of the bod part 10 of the leather are formed into pointed extensions 10, each of which is secured by a tack 11 to the end of one of the rails 3, on the inside thereof.

hen it is desired to renew the leather the tacks are withdrawn, and the inner edge of the leather raised so as to disclose the notches 6. By inserting the end of a punch or other pointed tool in said notches between the clips 9 and inner wall of the recess 4 the clips can be forced outwardly until they clear the edge of the channel 5, whereupon such clips and the flange 8 can be withdrawn. Vhen the flange is inserted in the channel the clips are compressed against the leather so as to slip through the channel, when they automatically open and hold the flange from release.

It is not novel to form a channel in the face of the iron, but the formation of the recess 4: in addition to the channel results in the doing away with a considerable amount of the metal, with a consequent savmg, as hereinbeforementioned. In the de vice set forth in said former apphcation the leather was held in place by means of screws passing through the iron and into In the present invention these screws have been eliminated, as well as the necessity of drilling holes in the iron to receive the same. It will also be evident that the leather can be quickly removed or placed in position.

lVhat I claim, Letters Patent, is:

1. A device of the class described, comprising a pocket iron provided in its upper face with a channel having an angular err-- tension, and a leather provided with a flange inscrtable in said channel and provided with spring clips adapted for seating in said angular extension, and releasable by being compressed against said flange.

and desire to secure by 2. A device of theclass described, comprising an areuate pocket iron provided with a longitudinal recess and channel of reduced Width into the face of the iron, a leather shield having a flange adapted for insertion in said channel, and spring clips on the edge of said flange adapted for being retained Within said recess, said iron being provided at the edge of said channel with notches in register with said clips when in position.

3. In combination with a pool table, and the rails thereof, an arcuate pocket iron, adapted for connection with said rails, and

provided with a longitudinal recess and channel of reduced Width into the face of the iron, a leather shield for said iron, having a flange adapted for insertion in said channel and end pieces extended upon the ends of said rails, spring clips attached to said flange for retention in said recess, means for attaching the ends of said shield to said rails, and openings in said iron adjacent to said channel, permitting the insertion of a tool to release said clips.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

GUSTAV A. JAEGER. 

